Oh no! Compare my photos! Look what disaster befell my starcrossed wisteria at the weekend in the storms... Advice on how to best pin it back up would be greatly appreciated. flowers are the least of my worries at the moment!
I don't honestly think there is much chance of getting it back up as it is, it will be far too heavy. However, I would use this as an opportunity to put in some vine eyes and wire supports to support it properly when it grows back.. You are probably going to have to cut it back very hard.
A tip when drilling holes for vine-eyes is to drill them in the centre of a brick, not in the mortar gaps which is too weak to properly support the weight. Use rawlplugs, long vine-eyes (at least 100mm) and at least 2.5mm thick galvanised steel wire.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Happen the shock of being pruned hard might provoke it into flowering. Make sure you feed it plenty of phosporus and potassium as these will promote healthy roots and growth and flowers. You don't want too much nitrogen now as that will promote sappy growth that will get zapped by the frosts.
Give it a balanced feed in spring with nitrogen to promote healthy leaves..
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Thanks so much for the fab advice Bob and Obilixx. I have passed the info to maintenance dept (!!) and one of us will be off to Wilko later. Can't leave it on the floor for long.
Have tried to prune it back on the floor to a pinnable framework.
I know the desperation of a non-flowering wisteria as well as of a collapsing climber!
With the wisteria, I followed RHS's advice ( https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=242) and after DONKEY'S years, her ladyship obliged. Talking about a prima donna! However, once she condescended to performing, she's been putting on a brilliant show twice yearly. Moreover, I've followed the suggestion of "Which" and prune it rather severely so it's maintained at a manageable height.
Today we've had some very heavy storms which have brought down a huge jasmine. DRAT!
Hi Steph, I take it "Dan" is me. How nice! Nobody has ever called me that before. It sounds much friendlier than the whole Danae. As for the prima donna, she'll flower; just be patient!
Steph, PLEASE, no need for apologies. I certainly liked the androgynous quality of Dan. And talking of androgynous, my own next door neighbours are both called Alex; so we stipulate, "she Alex" and "he Alex". Endless fun!
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I'd move it when dormant jo. You won't have to struggle with the foliage that way.
Oh no! Compare my photos! Look what disaster befell my starcrossed wisteria at the weekend in the storms... Advice on how to best pin it back up would be greatly appreciated. flowers are the least of my worries at the moment!
Oh no, that's awful Steph!
I don't honestly think there is much chance of getting it back up as it is, it will be far too heavy. However, I would use this as an opportunity to put in some vine eyes and wire supports to support it properly when it grows back.. You are probably going to have to cut it back very hard.
A tip when drilling holes for vine-eyes is to drill them in the centre of a brick, not in the mortar gaps which is too weak to properly support the weight. Use rawlplugs, long vine-eyes (at least 100mm) and at least 2.5mm thick galvanised steel wire.
Happen the shock of being pruned hard might provoke it into flowering. Make sure you feed it plenty of phosporus and potassium as these will promote healthy roots and growth and flowers. You don't want too much nitrogen now as that will promote sappy growth that will get zapped by the frosts.
Give it a balanced feed in spring with nitrogen to promote healthy leaves..
Thanks so much for the fab advice Bob and Obilixx. I have passed the info to maintenance dept (!!) and one of us will be off to Wilko later. Can't leave it on the floor for long.
Have tried to prune it back on the floor to a pinnable framework.
I know the desperation of a non-flowering wisteria as well as of a collapsing climber!
With the wisteria, I followed RHS's advice ( https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=242) and after DONKEY'S years, her ladyship obliged. Talking about a prima donna! However, once she condescended to performing, she's been putting on a brilliant show twice yearly. Moreover, I've followed the suggestion of "Which" and prune it rather severely so it's maintained at a manageable height.
Today we've had some very heavy storms which have brought down a huge jasmine. DRAT!
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=242
Yes, hopefully Dan, the big prune will be the making of it.
Every other wisteria I see has far less green than mine, maybe that's why it never flowers?
Hi Steph, I take it "Dan" is me. How nice! Nobody has ever called me that before. It sounds much friendlier than the whole Danae. As for the prima donna, she'll flower; just be patient!
Sorry, just laziness????
Steph, PLEASE, no need for apologies. I certainly liked the androgynous quality of Dan. And talking of androgynous, my own next door neighbours are both called Alex; so we stipulate, "she Alex" and "he Alex". Endless fun!